“I met a boy named Frank Mills,
on September 12th right here
in front of the <Independent Film Center>…”
I’m reading the Times in California this Sunday 8/20/06 and I read about a guy getting stabbed at 2AM while hanging out in the Village:
“The encounter began about 1:55 a.m., at Third Street and Sixth Avenue in the West Village. Mr. Buckle, a sound mixer… was standing in front of the Independent Film Center… Mr. Buckle said he often hangs out in front of the I.F.C. to chat with film people, to watch life in the Village.”
Long story short,he wound up in St. Vincent’s with a stab wound after being attacked by a group of young women.
I never heard of this place,but it sounded close to the Waverly,so I Googled both for their addresses,and now I know what happened to the Waverly.Thanks to all those who added comments here.I now know way more about the Waverly than I ever did when I used to go there from the 60’s onward.
It’s good to know people are still hanging in front of the Waverly,although it appears things have gotten a little meaner.
I went to AU (American University)during the 60’s.I used to play hooky a couple of afternoons a week and take the Wisconsin Ave. #30 bus down to the Circle.They always had a double feature and frequently showed Hitchcock films.The afternoon admission was 50 cents.The popcorn was 15 cents and the soda was 5 or 10 cents.Even by ‘62-'66 standards this was really cheap.I remember the candy concession lady.She was a dwarf,and she stood on a special platform that allowed her to serve people over the counter.There were never more than a handful of people in the theatre for those afternoon shows,but I don’t remember any homeless or sleepers or perverts.
Going to an afternoon movie on a “school day” was so out of the question back home that going to the Circle was quite thrilling.I loved that little movie house and the dwarf lady etc.I never went to a hooky time movie anywhere else.
“I met a boy named Frank Mills,
on September 12th right here
in front of the <Independent Film Center>…”
I’m reading the Times in California this Sunday 8/20/06 and I read about a guy getting stabbed at 2AM while hanging out in the Village:
“The encounter began about 1:55 a.m., at Third Street and Sixth Avenue in the West Village. Mr. Buckle, a sound mixer… was standing in front of the Independent Film Center… Mr. Buckle said he often hangs out in front of the I.F.C. to chat with film people, to watch life in the Village.”
Long story short,he wound up in St. Vincent’s with a stab wound after being attacked by a group of young women.
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I never heard of this place,but it sounded close to the Waverly,so I Googled both for their addresses,and now I know what happened to the Waverly.Thanks to all those who added comments here.I now know way more about the Waverly than I ever did when I used to go there from the 60’s onward.
It’s good to know people are still hanging in front of the Waverly,although it appears things have gotten a little meaner.
I went to AU (American University)during the 60’s.I used to play hooky a couple of afternoons a week and take the Wisconsin Ave. #30 bus down to the Circle.They always had a double feature and frequently showed Hitchcock films.The afternoon admission was 50 cents.The popcorn was 15 cents and the soda was 5 or 10 cents.Even by ‘62-'66 standards this was really cheap.I remember the candy concession lady.She was a dwarf,and she stood on a special platform that allowed her to serve people over the counter.There were never more than a handful of people in the theatre for those afternoon shows,but I don’t remember any homeless or sleepers or perverts.
Going to an afternoon movie on a “school day” was so out of the question back home that going to the Circle was quite thrilling.I loved that little movie house and the dwarf lady etc.I never went to a hooky time movie anywhere else.